Rosalind and Josephine took Eileen for a bite of gold-foil cake first.
Then they started giving her a tour of the hotel's decor.
While walking, Rosalind explained their design concept to Eileen.
"This is the Fairy Academy. Have you ever read that fairy tale? A bunch of little fairies studying magic in a school in the forest. This is recreated based on the description in that storybook. Look, there are desks, chairs, and even a blackboard and little chalks."
Eileen looked at the simulated school surrounded by flowers and plants, savouring the taste of the gold-foil cake, and nodded, "It's beautiful."
Rosalind's eyes sparkled, asking, "So, do you like it?"
Eileen couldn't possibly say she didn't like it, so she said, "I do, I like it a lot."
Rosalind was overjoyed.
Holding Eileen's hand, she continued to lead her forward.
The rooms, restaurant, and banquet halls of various sizes of this hotel were all rented by the Lopez family and decorated into various fairy-tale scenes, costing a fortune.
Cinderella's hut, Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother's house, the Frog Prince's pond, Sleeping Beauty's castle.
After a long tour, Eileen even saw the flower bud of Thumbelina.
The flower bud was a room built into a giant flower, with a pink wooden bed placed in the middle of the flower heart to signify that this was where Thumbelina lived.
When Eileen saw this, she was at a loss for words to describe her feelings.
The Lopez family is really rolling in dough!
She hadn't seen the birthday boy or girl yet.
Looking at this, the birthday kid was probably just starting kindergarten.
What a lucky kid to have such a lavish birthday party at such a young age.
"Eileen, do you want to give it a try?"
Eileen was daydreaming.
Suddenly, she felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
"Eileen was like, "Me?"
Rosalind said, "You've been looking at that little bed. You want to lie on it, right? It's okay, go ahead."
Eileen quickly explained, "I, I'm not, I didn't…"
"Alright, Eileen, get up there. We'll take pictures!" Josephine said, already proficiently pulling out her phone, aiming at Eileen's face.
In the end, Eileen couldn't resist the persuasion of the two elders and sat awkwardly on the whimsical pink wooden bed.
The two elders took pictures of her from various angles.
Eileen had to cooperate with them, sometimes she had to smile at the camera, sometimes she had to fake cry at the camera, and sometimes she had to pretend to be asleep, closing her eyes, waiting for the elders to say okay before she could open her eyes.
After being tormented, Eileen began to feel scared.
But the thing was, it didn’t end just because she was scared.
When Egbert found Eileen, she was sitting in the lobby's flower sea, wearing a Snow White puff skirt, surrounded by seven dwarfs.
Seeing Egbert, Eileen, as if she'd found a savior, immediately called out, "Egbert..."
Before she could finish her sentence, she saw Egbert turn his head and start laughing.
Eileen was speechless.
Was he laughing?
Egbert even laughed at her.
Eileen was instantly angry.
She stood up, disregarding the two elders who were taking pictures next to her, and shouted loudly, "We've got the princess, we've got the dwarfs, we're missing a prince! Mr. Reed, you seem perfect for the role! Ladies! Quick! Grab him! Don't let him escape!"
Eileen, lifting her large skirt, personally went to catch Egbert!
Egbert didn't run, he just stood there.
Looking at the girl clutching his arm tightly, he smiled softly, "Snow White and the prince, huh? I didn't say I didn't want to."
Josephine, with her phone in hand, looking at this matching couple, felt warm in her heart.
Seeing Rosalind approaching, Egbert respectfully bowed his head.
Rosalind glanced at him and didn't say anything, she just pulled Eileen and said, "Eileen, let's go pick out some gifts."
Eileen, thinking Mrs. Lopez was going to drag her to take more pictures, was about to cling to Egbert.
But when she heard it was to choose gifts, she was stunned, "Me? Choose gifts?"
Rosalind chuckled, dotingly tapped her nose and said, "You've taken so many photos with us, let me give you some gifts as thanks, okay?"
Eileen didn't expect such a good thing. She was actually getting gifts!
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